Recommended Immunisation Schedule 2010

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11 January 2010

This immunisation schedule is published as a guideline only – please contact your nearest clinic or medical professional should you have any queries regarding the immunisations that your child may still have outstanding.

At birth	BCG Bacilles Calmette Guerin OPV (0) Oral Polio Vaccine
6-8 weeks	RV (1) Rotavirus Vaccine DTaP-IPV//Hib (1) Diphtheria, Tetanus, accellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b Combined Hep B (1) Hepatitis B Vaccine PCV7 (1) Pneumococcal Conjugated Vaccine
10-12 weeks	DTaP-IPV//Hib (2) Diphtheria, Tetanus, accellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b Combined Hep B (2) Hepatitis B Vaccine RV (2) Rotavirus Vaccine PCV7 (2) Pneumococcal Conjugated Vaccine
14-16 weeks	DTaP-IPV//Hib (3) Diphtheria, Tetanus, accellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b Combined Hep B (3) Hepatitis B Vaccine PCV7 (3) Pneumococcal Conjugated Vaccine
9 months	Measles Vaccine (1)
12 months	PCV7 (4) Pneumococcal Conjugated Vaccine Hep A Hepatitis A Varicella Vaccine Chickepox
15 months	MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella
18 months	DTaP-IPV//Hib (4) Diphtheria, Tetanus, accellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b Combined *Hep A Hepatitis A
5 years**	MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella
6 years**	DTaP-IPV Diphtheria, Tetanus, accellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine Combined
10-12 years	MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella (IF MISSED AT 5/6 YEARS) DTaP-IPV Diphtheria, Tetanus, accellular Pertussis, Inactivated Polio Vaccine Combined (IF MISSED AT 5/6 YEARS)

*There is a slight difference between what is offered at a state clinic and a private clinic. The government clinics do not offer some vaccinations such as Chickenpox or Hepatitis A.

**Although the school-going vaccines can be done together at age 6, it is sometimes preferable to do the MMR at age 5 and the tetanus booster at age 6 as it is quite traumatic for a 6 year old to have 2 injections at the same time.

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Offering personalised assistance from the day your baby is brought home up, until two years of age. Services offered include breast feeding advice, feeding consultations for older babies, sleep routines as well as immunisations.
Specialised services include home visits especially for those mothers who have had a caesarean & cannot drive initially as well as support for those mothers who are suffering from post natal depression or feel that they are just not coping.